“Prefer”… when you’re young, you’ve got time to burn online without distractions.

Then you get married, have kids, work a demanding job, and you don’t get time for uninterrupted online play.

Eventually, correspondence chess is the only gaming you have time for! /s

No problem. When I decided to look for myself, it seems this question has come up on their forum, and the dev gets really salty over it 😂

Looks like good software, though. 👍

It doesn’t look to be open source, or is it?

That’s frustrating, for sure. I can’t stand devices with built-in batteries for that reason.

I don’t remember the exact model, but I’ve got a Logitech mouse on one of my computers that uses maybe a single AA battery. It lasts like 1-2 years with that battery, so I’d suggest looking for a mouse with AA or AAA batteries to be more future-proof.

You’d need to explore the topic in further detail, as I’m sure the answer is there.

It may be dose dependent, but it may also be that a “splash” of milk might not impair absorption by much, but would anyone use just a splash of milk?

It’s one study of many showing this effect. I believe they suggest that the protein in milk is the culprit. The same effect applies to tea… Adding dairy to tea reduces its health benefits.

Tech companies only care about making money. If people continue to buy their half-effort products, then they’ll keep making it.

On the other hand, open-source (hardware or software) is designed for maximum longevity.

Unfortunately, the wrong people have unlimited resources when it comes to making our tech products.

Considering that coffee is probably the highest source of antioxidants in a person’s diet, there will be some health benefits. Just dont add dairy milk to it, or it will blunt absorption. Soy milk is fine.

But if you’re an overweight, overworked, stress filled couch potato who doesn’t exercise and eats poorly, then you’re health is screwed regardless of how much coffee you drink 😂

I’m totally fine with the red indicators. In fact, I prefer them as they seem logical. Red = stop/blocked/off.

I guess the other way to do it would to have green indicators when they are switched to on, but that would not be as aesthetically pleasing (vs black).

If there’s a life-or-death situation that I absolutely cannot miss, I’ll set two alarms 15 minutes apart.

But in all honestly, you should be able to wake up fresh without even having an alarm. It requires that you practice good sleep habits, including a consistent sleep schedule.

I’ve only been forced to watch YouTube with ads a few times this past year… Alcohol and gambling ads were very, very common. It’s unethical to show them, and I don’t feel bad about blocking them.

I appreciate the math! But yes, for a crime this significant, and one that affects 1 billion (!!!) people, the equivalent of $467 to the average American is peanuts.

But I’d also argue that a $467 fine to the average American hurts more than the equivalent to a company that amasses so much wealth. There are so many hundreds of billions of dollars in excess profit being funnelled into Meta. For a fine to sting, it would need to be at least $100 billion or more, but even that could be made up very quickly…

We’re just talking wishful thinking at this point. None of these mega corporations were ever “hurt” by a fine, so they factor it into their business costs when they plan to commit these crimes.

He shouldn’t have referred to it as “blocking ads.”

Instead, say that you’ll be explaining how to “preserve privacy” or “uncluttered the viewing experience”, and it would be totally up to interpretation and assumption that he’s actually talking about blocking ads.

Because social media amplifies and incentivises minority, hateful views to make it seem like everyone is concerned about these things.

The reality is, it’s the same small group of hateful idiots who are always in the spotlight.

In real life, even in small towns, people either don’t care or they celebrate how far we’ve come as a society.

I went through the same dilemma. The old Synology photo software had a duplicate finder, but they removed that feature with the “new” version. But even with the duplicate finder, it wasn’t very powerful and offered no adjustability.

In the end, I ended up paying for a program called “Excire Foto”, which can pull images from my NAS, and can not only find duplicates in a customized and accurate way. It also has a localAI search that bests even Google Photos.

It runs from windows, saves its own database, and can be used as read-only, if you only want to make use of the search feature.

To me, it was worth the investment.

Side note: if I only had <50,000 photos, then I’d probably find a free/cheaper way to do it. At the time, I had over 150,000 images, going back to when the first digital cameras were available + hundreds of scanned negatives and traditional (film) photos, so I really didn’t want to spend weeks sorting it all out!

Oh, the software can even tag your photos for subjects so that it’s baked into the EXIF data (so other programs can make use of it).

The batteries should not degrade that fast.

For real!

I use several refurbished APC UPS’, and also use third-party batteries (from the company that refurbishes the UPS’) and it’s been trouble-free for like 10 years. I replace batteries, it seems, every 4-5 years and only when the self-test says to replace it.

Never had a problem with data loss due to the UPS failure.

I use a notebook that’s compatible with erasable pens. The “paper” is basically a plastic film, and you can write/erase/rewrite on them for many, many years. After I’m done with a particular page/note, I’ll scan it (with my phone) into my NAS’ storage.

I can’t imagine using paper and unbinding the notebook. LOL

Yes, but it’s cleaner not to have another add-on. I think it’s perfectly fine for 99% of users, so I’m probably splitting hairs on that point.

Maybe my Windows-brain is overthinking privacy tools when it comes to Linux. LOL

That’s why I said to set it up globally, as system DNS, not just in the browser.

Yes, I can set Adguard DNS system wide, and even self host Adguard home (similar to pi-hole) if I wanted.

But DNS-based adblocking doesn’t reformat pages to make it look like an ad was never there. Having blank spaces where an ad used to be just looks bad.

When it comes to Linux always check the game’s compatibility through ProtonDB (unless it’s native).

Thanks for the tip.

You don’t need adguard, just register with nextdns and use it as your system’s DNS.

I did set up Adguard DNS blocking, but it’s so unrefined vs. the actual adguard software. Plus, I like to route everything through adguard, not just the browser stuff.

By not supporting Linux you mean that it doesn’t run with Steam’s proton compatibility layer?

In steam, it looks like there’s a button that shows only Linux-compatible games. And the game in question isn’t on the list. Perhaps it can be run through some emulator or alternate steam version, but I was just testing and didn’t explore it deeply.